† matachian.

Inflections: Plural matachias, unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French matachia.

Etymology: < French matachia (1603), perhaps (via Basque-Micmac trade jargon of 16th–17th cent.) < early Basque patacha silver coin < Spanish pataca (see patacon n.).

Obsolete.

An adornment (variously of shell beads, dyed porcupine quills, or trade beads) worn by some North American Indian peoples.

ΚΠ

1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot Noua Francia ii. xi. 203 [The suitor] will haue a new gowne..well garnished with Matachias.

1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) 750 The women..stripped themselues naked..keeping on still their Matachia (which are Pater nosters [i.e. beads] and chaines, enterlaced made of the haire of the Porkespicke died of diuers colours).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	matachia
释义	† matachian. Inflections: Plural matachias, unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French matachia. Etymology: < French matachia (1603), perhaps (via Basque-Micmac trade jargon of 16th–17th cent.) < early Basque patacha silver coin < Spanish pataca (see patacon n.). Obsolete. An adornment (variously of shell beads, dyed porcupine quills, or trade beads) worn by some North American Indian peoples. ΚΠ 1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot Noua Francia ii. xi. 203 [The suitor] will haue a new gowne..well garnished with Matachias. 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) 750 The women..stripped themselues naked..keeping on still their Matachia (which are Pater nosters [i.e. beads] and chaines, enterlaced made of the haire of the Porkespicke died of diuers colours). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1609
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